Volunteers, Festival Mission, Festival Poster, Community Partners

It takes over 250 highly dedicated volunteers to help make our Festival weekend run smoothly. We can’t thank them enough! We have people working as art docents at the �ine art show, manning the information booth, delivering food to our booth vendors, booth sitting when artists need a break, working in the beer and wine gardens … plus so much more! Volunteers are the heart of our organization and we are fortunate to have so many community members excited to give of their time to welcome visitors and support our efforts.

The Festival’s Mission

The Festival is the largest supporter of the arts in Skagit County. We give back to the community through grants, collaborative projects, and arts education support for students. This year we are funding an Anacortes elementary art specialist in our schools, overseeing a public mural project, and leading a collaboration with other community arts organizations in the realization of a community art center (see Director’s welcome).

Please remember that as you support the Festival with your purchases you are also helping us support the arts, artists and youth education in our community.

We are delighted that Eileen Sorg from Kingston, WA is our 2022 poster artist. Eileen, aka Two Dog Studio, has been a Festival booth artisan for over a decade. She is a painter and illustrator whose work is magical and narrative. Her primary medium is colored pencil, but she is also a printmaker and painter. The poster image is titled “The Trouble with Butter�lies”. We think it perfectly captures the fun and playful side of the Festival. Posters and t-shirts are available at the Festival Information Booth on 5th Street.

Community Collaborations

A shout out to the community organizations who partner throughout the Festival to make the experience more rich and complete. Manieri Jazz Foundation – Jazz Stage

Programming Fidalgo DanceWorks – Wine Tasting event

Saturday in the Wine Garden Anacortes Music Project – Local musicians on the Waterfront Stage City of Anacortes – Youth Area Museum of Northwest Art – Youth Area Children’s Museum of Skagit County – Youth

Area And various artist guilds in the Working

Studio areas